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Virtual Console Is Not Coming To Switch, Nintendo Says(Older titles will not be under the VC name)
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I think they are just ditching the brand and will release the games directly, like the neo geo games.
Can a mod please change the title? It says "virtual console banner" meaning not that name brand.
I knew they were going to do this. Anyone who thought they would do 2 classic game services when they struggled to even get 1 out was dreaming. This completely avoids the whole "I bought this game on Wii/3DS/Wii U, give it to me for free." stuff now and in the future.
Hopefully people realize they said "under the Virtual Console banner" so we can chill with the doomsday hot takes.
Yea you can only get them through the service as of right now.
They haven't announced that they are selling them individually yet.
Are you guys missing the "Under the Virtual Console banner" part pf the statement?
Nintendo won't miss the opportunity of getting cash for their old games. Either they will leave the Virtual Console name behind and sell 30$ so-called-remasters or they are going with a monthly subacribtion route.
Nintendo won't miss the opportunity of getting cash for their old games. Either they will leave the Virtual Console name behind and sell 30$ so-called-remasters or they are going with a monthly subacribtion route.
SNES games were officially coming last year to this service too.
I'm not even much of a Nintendo fan, and I'm all for this if it means having full access to the "classic" games on Switch and not having to buy them (and inevitably not being able to bring them forward to the next Nintendo system).
The overreactions in this thread, hahahahahahaha. Classics are still coming to Switch, calm down everyone.
So much for having my Wii/Wii U VC library available on the Switch Day One.
Fuck, they had one job. ONE. JOB.
Fuck, they had one job. ONE. JOB.
This.
They just don't want to have two separate shops. It also means you have to buy the same games AGAIN. And people will. Nintendo wins.
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even if that doesn't mean that classics are gone but just that they will be available through another mean, it's still a purchase option that's gone
Hopefully it's just a branding thing? They can't seriously not be releasing their classic games digitally, surely? I don't want those mini consoles, i want my fav games all together nicely on my Switch and portable. And here i was, hopeful that we'd eventually get GC games...
Oh silly me, I misread the response. If it's not under the VC banner, then it doesn't seem that worrying yet.
because they won't be called virtual console games. That's a good PR spin lol. Looking forward to the Nintendo Classics branding reveal at E3
Jokes. Several millions bought a glorified NES emulator box with no added functionality.
Reminds me of that DS lite situation back then, deny completely, announced literally the next day after.
No shit.
Even if there was a VC people would complain the price.
People calling for a Netflix type service.. This is pretty much what they ate starting with the online subscription and the 20 NES titles. You will probably able to upgrade your subscription down the line in addition to them offering more consoles and 3rd Party offerings.
Even if there was a VC people would complain the price.
People calling for a Netflix type service.. This is pretty much what they ate starting with the online subscription and the 20 NES titles. You will probably able to upgrade your subscription down the line in addition to them offering more consoles and 3rd Party offerings.
I will just stop complaining about this when they start doing something. It's unbeliavable that they can't even bother to offer their library yet on Switch. I don't care if it's a Netflix-like service, just let me play anything more than NES games.
The most frustrating thing about the Switch. By far.
The most frustrating thing about the Switch. By far.
I think a subscription service makes more sense and they chose to ditch selling individual games. You cant update and sell the same game every time you release a new console. It doesn't make sense business wise. A subscription service gives incentive to update and re release these games for new hardware.
Not a huge surprise and before people get too upset Nintendo said that they were not releasing classic games under the Virtual Console banner, not they werent releasing classic games at all. And to be honest it makes sense, VC was basically barebones emulation replicating the orignal consoles and trying to have the games play as they originally did with no extra bells and whistles. All of the NES games announced so far include online multiplayer and other stuff that wasnt in their original versions so they are not VC releases. This is a good thing as it means we are more likely to get SNES, N64 and Gamecube games with online multiplayer added plus other enhancements.
We're currently in the denial stage it seems - "this is probably a branding thing".
Next will come the anger when people figure out it means exactly what it means and we aren't getting N64 games with online play.
Then the bargaining - "can you put some SNES/N64 games on the paid subscription thing?"
Then the depression when that doesn't happen.
Then acceptance for a very brief amount of time.
Before we start all over again when the Switch 2 is announced.
Next will come the anger when people figure out it means exactly what it means and we aren't getting N64 games with online play.
Then the bargaining - "can you put some SNES/N64 games on the paid subscription thing?"
Then the depression when that doesn't happen.
Then acceptance for a very brief amount of time.
Before we start all over again when the Switch 2 is announced.
